Nigeria’s Anti-narcotic Agency, the National Drugs Laws Enforcement Agency has arrested a 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean Pierre, for attempting to export 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine to the Middle East.
The agency’s spokesperson Mr Femi BabaFemi who disclosed this in a press statement said, Jean Pierre was arrested with the consignment concealed in his luggage at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja on Wednesday 23rd August, 2023.
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“The suspect was intercepted by NDLEA operatives during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 404 from Abuja to the Middle East via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A thorough search of his luggage led to the discovery of the whitish powdery illicit substance factory packed in different parts of the bag.”
BabaFemi said preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect arrived in Lagos through Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday 19th August, came to Abuja on Tuesday 22nd August, and took possession of the brown bag containing the drug consignment on Wednesday 23rd August before heading to the Abuja airport for his flight out of Nigeria.
He noted that operatives within the last week of operations made several arrests of suspects and seized illicit substances from suspects in Gombe, Ogun, Adamawa, Kwara, Yobe, Edo and states.
The Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa while commending the efforts of the officers and men of the affected commands charged them and their colleagues across the country to intensify their drug supply reduction operations and equally balance it with drug demand reduction activities.
